The Shepherd’S Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2024-03-13. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (620) 855-3498 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

The Shepherd’S Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 58.4/100, placing it #12529 of 14703 facilities nationally and #253 of 297 in Kansas. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at The Shepherd’S Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 26 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 17 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 15 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 54 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 7 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $13,627. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $13,627, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 235.25 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, The Shepherd’S Center ranks 12529th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 58.4/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within KS, it ranks 253rd out of 297 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #9,719 nationally and RN hours rank #909 nationally (#15 in KS). Our composite quality score of 58.4/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Cimarron, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/kansas/cimarron/